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The wars & local soldiers, 1952

415 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 21

Wounded Troops Incensed

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 3

.SYDNEY: Wounded Australians who had been evacuated from Korea to Japan had been angered because they were allowed only 28 days to recuperate, Captain John McCabe, of the Salvation Army, said…

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Federal Govt. Charged with Hypocrisy Soldier Land Settlement Controversy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Hawkins) said to-day that N.S.W. landholders knew the Government…

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Soldiers Feigned Death And Escaped Chinese Communists

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 2

NEW YORK: Allied troops rescued five wounded American soldiers who had saved their lives by lying behind the bodies of their comrades and pretanding to be dead…

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Soldier Settlements Loan Funds Urged By Minister

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 7

The Loan Council should meet at once to specially provide for adequate loans funds for soldier settlement, the…

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Soldier Settlement

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 6

MR. NOTT: Will the Minister for Lands say whether it is true that because of the financial policy of the Federal Government…

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Poland Becomes War Factory For Russia

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 September 1952 · page 6

STOCKHOLM: Poland’s Communist leaden are fuming her into a glant factory doing war work for Soviet-Russia Armour plating, tanks, anti-aircraft guns and…

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Stalin Says War Among Western Powers Not Unlikely "Russia Wont Attack West" Moscow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 2

Marshal Stalin said yesterday that Russia would not attack the West, and the Western Powers were afraid to attack the Soviet…

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U.S. Share in Korean War Eisenhower Calls for Training of South Koreans New York

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 2

General Eisenhower said yesterday that there was "no sense' in the U.S. bearing the brunt of the Korean war when South…

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Soldiers Escaped From Stockade

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 1

FORT DIX (New Jersey): Thirteen soldiers escaped from the prison stockade at Fort Dix early yesterday by…

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War Hero Died From Brawl Injuries

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 3

GOULBURN: A 44-years-old man, commended by the Americans for bravery in the South Pacific during World…

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Monty Says He’s Hot War Chap

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 1

LONDON: Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery last night suggested NATO nations should name someone as…

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Dungog Welcomes Blinded Soldiers Big Crowd At Bowling Green

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 8

Despite persistent rain, two rinks of blinded soldiers, Visiting the H.R.D.B.A. area for the Eight-Hour week-end, insisted upon fulfilling their engagement with the Dungog Bowling Club last Sunday. Accompanied by the…

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Scientists' War On Fruit Flies

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 8

C.S.I.R.O. is looking for a parasite to control Queensland Fruit Fly, Australia's most serious fruit…

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Another Stud Gives Lambs to Soldier Settlers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 7

A third leading Merino stud owner has given 100 Merino flock rains for distribution to soldier settlers…

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War on Fruit Flies

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 4

CSIRO Is looking for paraalts to control Queensland fruit fly, Australia’s most serious fruit fly pest…

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Death Lurks In Giant Post War Clean Up

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 6

HANOVER: For the wage of a bank clerk hundreds of men throughout West Germany are doing the nation’s dangerous work—dismantling and disposing of the explosive remnants of World War II…

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War on Fruit Flies

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 7

C.S.I.R.O. is looking for a parasite to control Queensland Fruit Fly, Australia's most serious fruit fly pest…

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Third World War Unlikely — Churchill

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday (AA P)—Winston Churchill said last night that he thought a third world war was…

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World War Would Bring Worse Horrors Said Mr. Churchill

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 1

LONDON: Prime Minister Winston Churchill said last night he thou a third world war was unlikely—-because it would be accompanied by horrors previously unknown by human beings…

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Slow Down in Red War Production Effect Of Free Nations’ Export Controls

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON: There is substantial evidence that Russian war production is being slowed by security export control measures taken by the free nations…

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